BY: ELIJAH BASSETT Women and minorities have come a long way in terms of equal rights over the past few decades, but there are still some big problems. One of these is the pay gap. Although the pay gap exists…
The tale of Iceland’s 13 Santas, their cave-dwelling parents, and a child-eating devil cat
BY: ADAM THRUSH Christmas time has many positive connotations attached it; quality time spent with family, good food, and receiving a pile of new things that you’ll probably resell on Craigslist in April. These traditions are generally shared throughout other communities…
The Smithsonian of Cocks: a trip inside the Icelandic Phallological Museum
BY: ADAM THRUSH Remember that kid in class who was always sketching dicks onto his desk? Or maybe the one that simply never stopped talking about them? You may not have expected that a child with such an obsession could…
Pack your bags and take a trip to Iceland
By: Zoe Melnyk With this video and a $99 plane ticket, I’m surprised I’m not in Iceland right now. WOW airlines released cheap flights to Iceland last year. Like a bus from Toronto to Detroit cheap. Since then, and even before then,…
Proof that Iceland is the ultimate destination for the adventure-seeking
BY: KRISTEN BLANTON October 30, 2014 – November 14, 2014 We fly into Iceland, just for fifteen days. The sky painted black by the season. I’m never ready. Not for the bounty, or beauty or the mind’s eye and disaster…
Iceland is throwing a massive party inside a glacier before it melts forever
BY: TYLER FYFE The Langjökull glacier in Iceland is the second largest glacier in Europe. It’s also melting at an accelerated rate according to a 2015 peer-reviewed scientific journal by the American Geophysical Union. So in June 2016, ravers, a…
Staggering landscape photos prove that Iceland is a travel photographer’s wet dream
BY: JOHNATHAN MOSS Photos: Jakub Polomski Rolling in a 4×4 SUV through the jagged coastline beside fields of lava, over rushing riverbeds, and beneath cascading waterfalls photographer Jakub Polomski fell in love with Iceland. Travelling over 4,000 km he experienced an…
WOW Air just unveiled $99 flights from Canada to Iceland, and $149 flights to Europe
BY: ROB HOFFMAN WOW Air just unveiled shockingly cheap airfare prices that will allow Canadians to visit Iceland and Europe for less money than it costs to fly between Toronto and Montreal. The first cheap flights will launch out of…
Iceland earth-porn captures the world’s most majestic scenery in all of its glory
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Iceland has received quite a bit of good press lately, renowned for its fairy tale scenery, unique community and inexplicable electricity in the air. Its isolation and immensely difficult language only contributes to its mystique and appeal…
The Citizens of Iceland are offering up their homes to over 11,000 refugees
BY: ZOE MELNYK While nations around the world are struggling to create a reasonable solution to the recent refugee crisis, Iceland’s citizens are embracing an “open door” policy – welcoming in thousands of immigrants searching for a brighter future. Although…
The CEO of Icelandair wants to go heli-skiing and fishing with you, free of charge (VIDEO)
BY: TREVOR HEWITT Iceland just got a little cooler. That’s because the country’s main airline, Icelandair, now offers a free tour guide program for anyone travelling to the island. The ‘stopover buddy’ program is made up of 30 of the airline’s…